Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

As a Staff Software Engineer at Avra you will act as a technical cornerstone for our engineering teamsetting high standards for architecture mentorship and execution. Collaborating closely with founders and cross-functional leadership youll lead the design of our scalable end-to-end platform influencing the technical direction of our proprietary AI and data pipelines. This high-impact role sits at the crossroads of deep tech and strategic influence ideal for a leader who makes a mark through both code and guidance.

Responsibilities

Platform Architecture & Leadership: Shape and advance the architecture of our full-stack platform ensuring it remains scalable maintainable and strategically aligned.

Technical Vision: Work alongside founders and engineering leaders to establish organizational standards for system design technology choices and development practices.

Cloud Infrastructure at Scale: Design and manage complex components in our multi-cloud environment (AWS and GCP) prioritizing reliability observability and cost effectiveness.

Cross-Functional Influence: Serve as the technical link among data engineers data scientists ML researchers and product teams transforming complex requirements into robust integrated solutions.

Engineering Excellence: Lead the implementation of CI/CD define testing strategies set code review standards and establish performance benchmarks for all teams.

Mentorship & Growth: Guide senior and mid-level engineers through mentorship and technical reviews actively contributing to organizational engineering growth.

You Stand Out If

• You operate fluidly at both architectural and code levelsequally skilled at whiteboarding distributed systems and reviewing code.

• You have expertise in modern front-end frameworks (React) and backend technologies (Go Python Rust) and have led teams deploying these technologies at scale.

• You possess a strong history of successfully delivering complex cross-team technical projects from conception to production.

• You are experienced with cloud-native infrastructure containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and have strong opinions on best practices.

• You lead with humility and clarity exerting influence without authority and uplifting those around you.

• You thrive on deep technological challenges and are driven by building systems that inform enterprise-scale decisions.

Qualifications

Experience: 8 years in full stack software development including at least 2 years in a staff-level or comparable technical leadership position.

Technical Depth: Mastery of modern web and back-end technologies cloud platforms (AWS GCP) distributed systems architecture and CI/CD practices.

Architecture Mindset: Proven ability to design scalable systems across team boundaries large data volumes and organizational complexity.

Leadership: Demonstrated track record of mentoring engineers aligning teams on technical decisions and contributing to a positive engineering culture.

Communication: Excellent communicator able to explain complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical team members in a remote multicultural environment.

Why Join Avra

Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary equity options and a fully transparent compensation policy.

Direct Impact: Collaborate directly with founders to define the technical future of a groundbreaking deep tech startup advancing AI-driven decision-making in Latin America.

Challenging Environment: Solve complex impactful technical challenges and help build the resilient infrastructure that supports major enterprise decisions.

Flexible Work Culture: Enjoy a fully remote setup with optional office access in Sao Paulo unlimited vacation and comprehensive benefits including a national health plan and generous parental leave.

If youre an experienced engineer eager to lead at the highest level and help redefine large-scale data intelligence we want to meet you. Apply today to shape the future of Avra.

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